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SS: #636, Not Coffee Distancing!

Happy weekend!  It's Sketch Saturday (scroll down to see the sketch).  I got out some coffee themed goodies and had some fun!  Sometimes my coffee cards lean towards darker colors, so I found some patterned paper for the heart in something pretty and bright/pastel-y.  

My side-strip is some really old but fun ribbon in a dark pink, from my stash.  The woodchip designs are popped up for a little extra dimension.  The sentiment is from Blended Sentiments 2 (TRHD) and I stamped it in black and then added some coffee beans (also from ^^ that TRHD set) in Ground Coffee Distress Ink.  There was still a little too much "white space" so I added a couple of splashes from the A Splash of Color set (Altenew), they're paint splashes, but the one I used looks great as a coffee splash!

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!  Check out the sketch below and hope to see you play along at Sketch Saturday!  You can link up your entry >here<.

TRHD: November Release Hop, Day 2

Welcome back for day 2 of this month's release hop!  I had some serious fun with the new Clouds in my Coffee stencil and paired it up with the Caffeinated Parrot.

The Clouds in my Coffee stencil comes with TONS of great cloud edges and shapes!  There's the main stencil piece, there's the "frame" negative piece and there are also 3 stand alone cloud shapes!  I started off with those 3 loose clouds.  I positioned them on my base and then blended some Milled Lavendar Distress Ink.

Once this layer was done, I used the main cloud stencil piece and went to town!!!!!  I started at the top of my card base and worked my way down.  I just started with 1 piece of an edge at a wonky angle, then turned to another edge and so on.  I used Stormy Sky Distress Ink for the blue, then finished off the bottom with a bit more Milled Lavendar.  Cloud stencils are awesome because they really are SUPER hard to screw up!  Trust me, if mine look decent yours will ROCK! lol

I used a die for the "grass" at the bottom.  In my head Parrots are gorgeous Jewel tones, so I grabbed some vivid jewel colors and inked up the Parrot.  I cut him out an popped him up.  Finally I added some sequins from my TRHD stash (ya know those pretty packs MaryAnn & Heather puts in our packages??) and voila!!!!

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 10-29-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 10-30-2020.

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Jenn
Michelle
Amy Beth
Von Marie
Tangii
Amanda

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!  Have a wonderful week!

TRHD: November Release Hop, Day 1

Happy Monday!  It's the end of the month and that means it's time for The Rabbit Hole designs Release Hop!  Today our cup is overflowing with Caffeinated goodness (hahahahahaha, see what I did there?!?).  I'm sharing Rory - the Caffeinated Raccoon and the Chain Mail stencil.  I'm also pairing this up with the current Color Throwdown challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

I started off with a cream piece of cs and positioned my stencil.  Then I added some embossing ink and clear embossing powder.  Once that piece was heat-embossed, I went over the whole piece with some Walnut Stain Oxide ink and wiped the ink off of the embossed parts.  Then I used a Cover Plate die.  The base of my card is a Cranberry cs, if you look closely I stamped the Caffeine formula on the parts that peek through the cover die.

Next I colored Rory with some Copics.  Keeping with the Cranberry, Cream and Kraft color palette.  I cut him out and popped him up on my card base.

Finally, my sentiment is from the Caffeinated Parrot (peeking tomorrow) set. 

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 10-29-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 10-30-2020.

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Lauren
Michelle
Terra
Von Marie
Tangii
Amanda

That's it for me, thanks for popping by hope to see you again tomorrow!  In the mean time, happy hopping & happy shopping!

Please GET THEM SQUISHED!

Happy Wednesday & happy October!!!  I'm up on the Rabbit Hole Designs blog today with this PINK card.  This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and while pretty pink things don't cure cancer, I do feel strongly that if 1 person get's them "squished" or does something to support someone going through cancer or makes a donation... then posting something pretty and pink is worth it!

 

For my card today I am using the new Back Alley stencil and the Fearless stamp set from The Rabbit Hole Designs.

This was a quick and simple card.  First off I taped down a heart cut out "mask" and set it in place.  Once that was done I set my Back Alley stencil in place and blended in some Victorian Velvet Distress Ink with a Cotton Tail Blending Brush.  

 

With the background done, I removed the stencil and mask.  I stamped the "Fearless" in a gray ink and the rest of the sentiment in Victorian Velvet just below it.  The Ribbon was stamped in WOW! embossing ink and some WOW Tanzenite glitter.  Finally I added a small smattering of sequins from the Flirty Flamingo mix over at Kat Scrappiness.  This stencil was the perfect way to give me a great background that allowed my image and sentiments to still be the focus!

 

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

 

 

 

 

I LOVE #ChubbyUnicorns!

Happy weekend!  I'm up on The Rabbit Hole's blog today with this caffeine lovin' hottie!  I LOVE Rhino's and this one is just too cute for words!  Meet Caffeinated Rhino, I paired him up with a few Distress Oxide Inks, my Cotton Tail Blending Brushes and some clear embossing goodness!

First off I created a mask of my Caffeinated Rhino.  I placed my mask where I wanted my Rhino to be then got busy with my Oxide Inks and Cotton Tail Blending Brushes.  I used 3 different colors of Oxides (Peeled Paint, Speckled Egg and Frayed Burlap) and blended around my panel, not really putting much effort in to blending the colors in to each other.  Once I finished that layer of ink, I used my heat gun to get it good and dry!  

Next I inked up the Caffeine formula image from the set with WOW Embossing Ink and topped it off with clear embossing powder.  I stamped several in a random pattern over the panel.  After heat embossing that clear, I went back to the Oxides and blended up another layer.  This is where I paid attention to blending edges better, etc.  Once I finished inking I wiped the excess ink off of the embossed images... look at those formula's POP!  

Next up I removed the Rhino "mask" and then stamped the Rhino on the white space and colored him up with Copics.  Once I was sure I had all of the colors in place, etc. I splashed some water over the card front for texture.

 

For the very last piece, my inked up panel is wonky shaped which gave me a great place for my sentiment.  I popped up the inked panel then stamped my sentiment in a dark gray and added a little Blue Bird from the set.  I just love all of the layers and textures on this!!!!

 

TRHD: October Release day 3

Hey yall!  Thanks for popping in for day 3 of The Rabbit Hole Designs release hop!  Are you loving all of the caffeinated & stencil goodness?!?!?  Today we are inking up a NEW Caffeinated Critter... meet Caffeinated Kangaroo and we're pairing him up with another new stencil, Back Alley!

For my background, I masked off an area a but bigger than my 'roo then placed my Back Alley Stencil.  I used some Brick Oxide Ink and a Cotton Tail Blender Brush.  I kept the darker ink around the edges and top 2/3rds of the panel, bringing the lighter towards the middle and bottom.  Then to give my bricks a little more depth and definition I lined some of the edges with a Pitt Pastel pencil and smeared/blended with my finger.

Using a Misti, I placed and then stamped the Kangaroo right in the white space left.  I colored him up with some BV Copics... what?!?  Purple 'Roo's are totally a thing!  Finally I stamped a couple of sentiments on the brick background and added a few enamel dots for a bit more color.

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 10-01-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 10-02-2020.

Well that's all I've got for ya today, be sure to visit the rest of the team to see what they've whipped up for ya! 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Lauren
Jenn
Amy Beth
Tangii
Terra
Michelle

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks for popping by, hope to see ya again soon! 

 

TRHD: October Release Hop, Day 1

Hey yall!  Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a great weekend.  It's Release time over at The Rabbit Hole Designs, this month's release is packed with caffeinated goodness!

For my card today I started off die cutting the dark blue cardstock panels then lined them up on my Splish Splash stencil.  I smeared some teal Glitter Gel over all 3 panels.

Next up I stamped my Caffeinated Rhino on a tag and colored him in with Copics.  The caffeine formula and sentiment are also from the Rhino set.

A ribbon & button at the top of the tag and voila!  I just love this #ChubbyUnicorn!

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 10-01-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 10-02-2020.

Well that's all I've got for ya today, be sure to visit the rest of the team to see what they've whipped up for ya! 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Kelly
Terra
Von Marie
Tangii
Amanda

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks for popping by, hope to see ya again soon! 

 

TRHD: Boo Kitty, Mini Release

Happy Friday-eve y'all!  We're still playing with the new Mini-Release over at The Rabbit Hole Designs.  Today I paired up the new BOO Kitty set with Julee's Mojo Sketch.

I inked up my kitty and colored her in with Copics.  Then I cut her out and went over the cut edges with a black marker (those covers up all of that icky white that shows around the edges).  

The circle is die cut from black glitter paper (I LOVE glitter paper, lol).  The "ABRACADBRA" is from the Things a Witch Might Say set.  I love layers and dimension on cards (while I think there are lots of gorgeous flat/single layer cards around the web, I struggle with making them), so the Kitty and sentiment are popped up and the chevron fish tail on the top is ribbon.

Finally a twine bow on the top and voila!  Finito!  It seems like it's been a while since I've colored and I realized I really, really missed it!!!  Well that's it for me, thanks for popping by... I hope to see you again soon.

TRHD: Spooky Mini-release

Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a great weekend.  We're inking up a spooky-licious mini-release over at The Rabbit Hole Designs!  For my card today I used the new Pumpkin Face stencil and paired it up with the Spell It stencil and one of my favorite sentiments from the Country Witch stamp set.

The Pumpkin Face stencil comes with 3 "face" cut outs (as well as the cut out negatives) and a fun diamond accent cluster.  I found some fun Halloween patterned paper, taped my "face" down in place and smeared some Purple Glitz Glitter Gel.

For the bottom part I used the Spell It stencil and some Black Soot Oxide ink.  The I stamped only part of the sentiment (full sentiment says, "Boo y'all") on a banner die piece and popped it up over the last "o".  I added a few rhinestones for texture, etc. and a twice bow on the top.  This was a quick card (other than drying time), but so much fun to create!

Well, that's it for me today.  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon.  Hope you have a wonderful week.

TRHD: Back off Monday!

Hey yall!  Tangii here, Happy weekend!!  Hope you all had a great week.  I pulled out the snarky for my card this week!  I'm playing with Marquee Words and Sassy Sentiments for a super quick and fun card.  

 

I really made this card for my daughter's stash... when you're having a bad day or a bad week, who could help but giggle at this?!?!?  So I stamped my "WTF" from the Marquee Words set with embossing ink on a tag, and then added some Peridot glitter (it's not really a secret that pink and green are one of my fave color combos!).  The great thing about the Marquee set is that you can pair up those large letters with just about ANYthing! or even nothing at all, they are just as great all by themselves! The "back off Monday..." is from the Sassy Sentiments set, I think our sentiment sets pair perfect with these Marquee words!!  I finally added some ribbon and button to my tag and voila!  Easy peasy, pumpkin sqeezy!

 

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

TRHD: September Release Hop, Day 3

Hey yall!  Welcome back for another day of The Rabbit Hole Designs, LLC September release & hop!  This release is all about beautiful botanicals and "brilliant" words!  Today we are inking up the Marquee Words set.  There are so many fabulous words in this set, and you can cut them up to use the letters to make up your own words!!!!  For my card today, I paired it up with our Ribbon Star Stencil and a sentiment from the Sassy Sentiments set.

I started off with the Ribbon Star Stencil, using our Cotton Tail Blending brushes and some Oxide Inks.  Next up, the stamps!  I used the "hello" stamp and inked it up with Embossing Ink and added some Glitter embossing powder...have I mentioned before that I LOVE shimmery??? lol

I didn't want the small sentiment to "take over" so instead of stamping it in black, I used a medium-dark gray... just perfect!  This is a MUCH flatter card than I usually do, so I just had to add a little something more.

I grabbed some ribbon a button and some 1/16" ribbon and tied up a pretty for the upper corner!  This is still a little plain for me, but it'll make a great guy card! 

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 08-27-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 08-28-2020.

Well that's all I've got for ya today, be sure to visit the rest of the team to see what they've whipped up for ya! 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Von Marie
Jenn
Tangii
Amy Beth

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks for popping by, hope to see ya again soon! 

 

TRHD: September Release Hop, Day 2

Hey yall!  Happy Tuesday and welcome to day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Designs, LLC September release & hop!  This release is all about beautiful botanicals and "brilliant" words!  Today we are sharing with you the Turtle Botanical set.  I LOVE coloring up flowers, but today I decided to play with some watercolors!

First off I stamps the flower on the lower right corner.  Because I'll be embossing over my watercoloring, I used a MISTI for placement.  I also stamped in a Desert Sand ink to it wouldn't show through my embossing glitter.  So after I stamped it I used some watercolor pens in bold blues and blue-violets.  Then I stamped with Embossing Ink and some Frosting EP.

I used the same flower in the upper corner but pulled it back some so a little less of the flower showed.  I used the same process as before but used Blue-greens and embossed with some Silver EP.  The sentiment is stamped and embossed with the same silver.  Finally I flicked some silver  Shimmerz on the front just to break up a little of the white.

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 08-27-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 08-28-2020.

Well that's all I've got for ya today, be sure to visit the rest of the team to see what they've whipped up for ya! 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Von Marie
Lauren
Tangii
Michelle
Kelly
Jammie

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks for popping by, see ya tomorrow for another fun peek! 

 

Abracadabra!

Hey yall!  Happy Tuesday!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, it's Tuesday and I'm up on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog with this fun Slimline card using Spellcaster Witch and Things a Witch Might Say.  Let me just say that I have been trying to shop for some fun Slimline card goodies (dies, etc.) for weeks now and have been so busy I haven't found time... so I cheated today! lol

For the inside of my card, I used the Cotton Tail Blending Brushes and some Distress Ink to create a "night sky" look.  Once this was done I used a bat cluster die (an old one from Ranger/Tim Holtz) and placed, then taped where I wanted it to be.  This die works by leaving the negative behind... thus my bats showing through to the black cs base.

Now, for the front!  I used a squiggle die to get that curved top cut out.  I used it on the card front and lined it up on my white cs. I colored our cute lil Witchy-poo and her potion cauldron with Copics and used the coordinating Spellcaster dies to cut them out. For the pot I added some GIna K Glitter Gel to the potion inside and then some glitter pen to the fire... sparkly fires are the prettiest fires! lol

 

 

I stamped some bubbles above the pot in some Mountain Mist ink (Altenew), I was going to color them in, but I really love that color and they looked great "as stamped".  The sentiment from Things a Witch Might Say, was stamped in purple on a fun tag die and popped it up.  Then I added a couple of the bats from the die on the inside piece to my card front.

 

Well that all I have for ya.  This was a simple card with some fun angles & measurements!  I HAVE GOT to find some time to shop for Slimline goodies!!! lol  Thanks for popping by, hope to see ya again soon.

 

 

TRHD: Boil Boil, Toil & Trouble Witches Brew

Hey yall!  Happy Wednesday!!  Can you even believe it's August already?!?  Seriously, how in the heck did that happen?  I'm up on the Rabbit Hole Designs blog with some wicked cuteness using some of the August release goodies!  For my card today I grabbed a few of the new sets... Spellcaster Witch, Cocktail Witch and Things a Witch Might Say and coordinating dies.

I started off grabbing a few of my fave Halloween washi's (as it turns out my "faves" were all of them! lol).  I adhered them on an angle over some white cs... this fills in the "white" space nicely and gives a fun backdrop for all of my die cut pieces.  Have  I mentioned before how much I LOVE coordinating dies??  This is one of those times when fussy cutting just wouldn't cut it!  I stamped out the potion cauldron, a couple of potion bottles and some "sprigs" from the Spellcaster Witch  stamp set.  Then I colored them in and used the coordinating dies.

There are really so many fantastic accessory stamps that come with all of the witch sets this month!  The sentiments I used come from the Spellcaster Witch,  Cocktail Witch and Things a Witch Might Say sets.  I edged the sentiment pieces with a green marker and then stamped some of the bubbles from the Spellcaster Witch set.  When I say "white space & I are not very good friends", I'm not kidding. lol!  

I attached the potion bottles to the sentiment pieces and then "hung" some sprigs from them as well.  All of the die cut pieces are popped up from the base.

TRHD: August Release Hop, Day 2 Boo Y'all!

Happy Tuesday!  Ready for some more wicked cuteness?!?  Welcome to day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Designs August Release Hop, this is Country Witch and isn't she just the cutest thing??  I stamped my sentiment with some Embossing ink and white ep, and set it aside.  Then I stamped those "xo's" with the same.  Once it was heat embossed I added some distress ink for the "moon".

Finally I colored up my witch with Copics and cut her out.  We do have a great die for her, but I didn't have it when I made up my card so I just fussy cut her.  She's popped up with adhesive foam.  This was a quick and simple card, I really LOVE the way she just "pops" on the card front!

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two saving vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-30-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-31-2020.

Well that's all I've got for ya today, be sure to visit the rest of the team to see what they've whipped up for ya! 

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Justin
Amanda
Amy Beth
Jenn
Tangii
Kelly
Lauren
Oliver

These are the Rabbit Hole Designs new release products I used for today's projects...

Thanks for popping by, be sure to stop by the TRHD blog for another fun peek!